An
opportunity for high-ranking government intellectual property officials
and members of the business and intellectual property communities in
the Western Hemisphere to discuss and formulate an agenda for cooperation
in the critical area of intellectual property enforcement.

Particular
attention during the Symposium will be paid to:

Internet

Optical
Media Piracy

Business
Software and Business Methods Patent enforcement issues

Developing
a basis for closer Hemispheric coordination in the enforcement of
intellectual property rights generally.

TRANSLATIONS

Simultaneous
translation services will be provided into Spanish. Translation
into French and Portuguese may be provided as necessary.

The
Symposium will be held on Monday, September 11, 2000 and Tuesday
September 12, 2000, beginning at 9:30 am and ending at approximately
5:30 pm each day. Due to security concerns attendance at the Symposium
will be limited to 150 people. Requests to attend the Symposium
must be made in writing no later than July 31, 2000 and must comply
with the requirements set forth in this Notice. Because seating is limited,
only one request to participate per firm, agency or organization per
country will be granted.

LOCATION

The
Symposium will be held at the Sheraton, Crystal City, 1800 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202. Directions to the symposium
location will be available inside the lobby of the Sheraton Crystal City.

This
Symposium, and all program-related materials, are offered free
of charge. As noted above, due to security concerns, admission
to the Symposium will be limited to 150 participants who are
pre-registered and whose registration has been accepted in
accordance with the following guidelines:

Symposium
attendees will be accepted as their requests are received
on a first-come, first-serve basis according to the time and date
of receipt of each request. To be considered "received" a request
to attend must contain all of the information required in this
section; and must be received prior to the July
31 application deadline.

Only one request (one person) per company, firm, agency or organization
per Western Hemisphere country will be accepted.